The 34-year-old Adams brushed aside Virginie Carcamo in Manchester last month and will step up to three-minute rounds for the first time as she targets a steep ascent towards a world crown. But despite her immense experience, Adams said the prospect of fighting in front of her home city fans will give her butterflies as she steps out desperate to impress.

Adams said: “It is going to be hard to keep my composure on Saturday night but I’ve been under pressure in Olympic finals and with a lot of pressure on my shoulders. I always get nervous before every boxing match and I’d be worried if that didn’t happen – the adrenaline rush makes you sharper and more emotional and that helps in every bout.”

For Adams the memory of her debut match against an opponent called Claire Newton, when she was barely in her teens, still lingers.

Adams added: “I remember it being really exciting – I had all my friends and family there and I remember my coach telling me to stop running around getting all excited. I was looking through the curtains watching everyone else box and it was an exciting moment.

“I remember people still smoked (inside) in those days, and there was smoke everywhere – I came back at the end of the first round and my lungs were burning.”